Hot Soup for a Cool Rainy Evening

Piping Hot Sotanghon Soup with Patola

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You will need these ingredients.

Brown the garlic.  I prefer doing it this way... garlic first!

Then put in the diced pork. I remember our cook used to tell me

to do this with meat...  "isangkutcha", when I was learning how to cook.

Up to this day, I still do not know the m,eaning or the English

translation for this word, sangkutcha.

Wait a minute, let me google it .....

Sorry ... there is none!!!

After a few minutes, add the onions and tomatoes.

Then, add the sliced patola or loufah sponge gourd in English.

 Cook for another 8 to 10 minutes, til the vegetables are soft and tender.

Season with fish sauce, salt, pepper and a dash of MSG.

Add the sotanghon or cellophane noodles.

Serve hot.

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/ chicsanders 2013